The first table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category for the Middlesex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Acrobat
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - - -
As % of the Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £16.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+114.92% -4.28%
All Applications
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
22 41 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 10.89% 12.97% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 18
Average daily rate £250 £225 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -35.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £120 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +92.59%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Acrobat
South East

Acrobat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Acrobat across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Middlesex Acrobat Jobs Demand Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Acrobat across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Acrobat Daily Rate Trend

Acrobat
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Acrobat also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Acrobat.

1 1 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Acrobat also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) COM
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BI
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Crystal Reports Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Report Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe